Coin-controlled garment checking cabinet



June 27, 1950 E. w. DAVIS COIN CONTROLLED GARMENT CHECKING CABINET FiledJuly 10, 1945 zew Wfiauis,

Patented June 27,1950 sag...

COIN-CONTROLLED GARMENT CHECKING :Elmer Davis, Newton Center, Mass,

assignor to American Locker Company, Inc., Boston, Mass, acorporation'ofDelaware Application July It), 1945, Serial No. 634,223

" 11; Claims. (c1. 3i

= This.inventionrelates to coin controlled: check ingcabi-nets forcoats, hats and the like foruse,

in stores, restaurants :and other public places. Facilities for suchchecking in business placesis imperative and at present requires theservices of one or more attendants. The primary object of-my inventionresides in the production .of a

thechecking of .coats and like garments. My. invention'particularlyconcerns a relatively. shale low cabinet occupying a minimum. of spaceand adaptedto receive and house coats and like garments in hungcondition and includes .a cooperating and relatively deepercompartmentfor hats, packages, etc.. My improved cabinet unit pro-1 vides such ashallow-coat compartment and.rela-.

tively deeper hat compartment in each cabinet so arranged and.constructed. that the shallow compartments are directly juxtaposed andthereby occupy aminimum of space, the hat receiving compartments beinglocated in verticalandhori-c zontal alignment above the coatcompartments.

and each hat compartment being connected to and'associated with a. coatcompartment. A

coin receiving and checking lock is associated with each unit forlocking it within a housing. The production of .a novel checking.cabinet of thisnature comprises a further object .of the invention.

These and. other features of the invention will be best understood andappreciated from the following description of preferred embodimentsthereof selected ,for purposes ofillustration and shown in theaccompanying drawing wherein; i

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of my novel checking cabinet,

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of h i w Fig; 3-is afragmentary vertical sectionalview of a modified construction.

In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, l indicates a housing having bottom,top and rear walls ll, [2 and I4 and vertically disposed partitions l5dividing the housing into a plurality of relatively deep, high andnarrow chambers open at the front. A vertical wall 16 is mounted in eachchamber and divides its lower portion into two chambers 18 and 20, ahorizontal shelf 22 being provided on the top edge of each wall. Asecond horizontal shelf 24 is supported at one edge on 4' eaen-partition 15 but provides a gap 26 between its other. edge and theadjacent partition.

:Each-ofthe chambers 18 and 20 is adapted to receivehandlhouse one of mynovel checking cabinetsicomprising a. relatively narrow bottom portionfor coats and the like and a wider top portion fdrhats- In order toeconomize on space the cabinets are arranged in pairs permitting thedirect juxtaposing of the narrower portions of the cabinets. One cabinetof each pair comprises a relatively narrow. portion 30 and directlythereabove a relatively wider. portion 32, and the other cabinet of thepair has a relatively narrow portion 34 andsin spaced relationthereabove and above the portion 32 a relatively wider portion 36. .Bysuch arrangement the housing is: adapted to accommodate a maximum numberof. cabinets. and occupy a minimum of space.

2 Each cabinethas a coat receiving compartment 33'v open at one face.and provided with hangers 40.. The hat receiving compartment 32 islocated above and-directly-adjacent to its portion 30 and isadapted torest on the shelf 22. The hat receivingcompartment 36 rests onthe shelf24 and is connected to the portion 34 by the backwall 42 ofthe cabinetwhich passes through the ga 26.':;.It will be apparent that thecompartments 32 and 36 are in alignment horizontally and vertically andtwo such compartments are located directly above and respectivelyconnected to the two garment holdingportions 3|] and 34 therebelow. Agarment compre'ssingpanel 44 for the open face of each garment receivingcompartment is hinged to its rear. wall in position to assist inclosingthe. cabinet and protecting the garments.

The. cabinets are mounted. to slide into and from the chambers l8 and 20and are preferably pivotally' mounted as illustrated. Supportingmeans,such as blocks 46, are suitably mounted to slide. onguides'iwithin the chambers and each cabinet is hinged .at 48 to itsblock so that the cabinet can :be. swung to a convenient open position'when withdrawn by means of a handle 50 attached to. its front wall 52. Acoin controlled lock'.54ifof:-the nature shown in Patent No.-

1,640,605 is mounted on the front wall 52 of each cabinet and is adaptedto lock the cabinet in closed position in the housing, the patron takingthe key as his check. He can return at any time and open the cabinet byusing the key.

It will .be understood that any convenient and suitable means can beemployed for supporting the cabinets in the housing and in Fig. 3 I haveillustrated a modified construction employing roller bearing guides. Inthis case each cabinet is hinged to a block 60 or the like supported byrollers 62 within a U-shaped frame 64 in turn sup orted by rollers 66.The rollers 62 ride in guideways in the legs Of the frame 64 and therollers 66 ride in guideways 68 carried by the housing. The arrangementpermits the'cabi-nets to be drawnfolward'I-yand pushed rearwardly to thepositions indicated.

It will now be apparent that I have produoed a new and superior coincontrolledgarmentchecking cabinet unit that occupies a minimumof spaceand provides full and ample checking facilities with maximumeiliciericyi Having thus disclosed my'in'vention, What? claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters" Patent of the United States is:

1. A bank of checking cabinets for coats, hats and the like, comprisingahousing havingiiwta posed and vertically disposed chambers therein,

chamberssbeingurelatively 'deep andlfhi'g hibut of narrowwidth and' eachhavifrgca wideriportion. at its-top d a plurality'wofichecking: cabinetsslidably disposed respectively the: chambers; each. cabinet havingairelativolyrwideihat receiv ing top portion and la relatively narrowgarment lioldingrportion therebelow, a coin receiving and checkinglockiassociated :with. each: cabinet for; 10 ckingitin therhousing;

2. A bank of zchecking tcabinets foricoat's; :haitl and thewlikecomprising :ahousing halving; j ux-tapesedi verticallyi'dis'pfosed;rchambers rtherein, said chambersbeing 1 open at the front--'of the hous'rrr'g rand beingrelatively *deep: and ihigh. but of:narrow width? and'feac-h :having aavwi'derazpor tion at its top,axplurality of %*checking cabinets:- slidably. disposed: respectivelythee chamberseach. cabinet having-ra relativelywide hatzreceiv in'g too-portion and a relatively narrow garment holding portionstherebelowa andincluding front: walls rec closing the: open i-front i Of 'its: housinchamber-when fully disposed: -'within.:such1:cham*-- ber; and azcoinreceiflngandchecking lockiasso ciated with the front: wall "of;eachcabiniet for locking thencabinetintthe housing:

The combination? defined. in clamp 1 plus cabinet supporting meansslid-ably mounted ineach 'Of *s'ald cham bersg and means :hingin'gzeaoh-z cabinet. to: its: supporting means: for swinging movementabout avertical axis.

4. The com'bination'nefinedriniclaimfll:inrwhichI said hat receivingportion-s areidisposedkin V812: ti'cal and horizon'ta'l alignment.

'5; The combinationidefined an. claimzlin which? said cabinets arearranged i'm'sp'airsewith: the two: hat receiving portions of each pairlocated direct-- ly above :theltwo garment holding portions therebelow.

6'. In a bankbfphecking: c'abinetsnfor:coats; hats and the like, ahousing having a. :relatively' deep; high andnarrowchambentl'iereinmopen at" itsfront end',-a vertical wall :dividingtheslower" po'rtion of r the "chamber vinto two chambers sope'n i at thefront of the housing; andtwo checking;

cabinets slid'ably mounted respectively 'in' said. 65-; 1,505,291

two chambersand each havinga relatively wider hat receiving compartmentat its top end above side wall, the two hat compartments being disposedone above the other, and a coin receiving and checking lock associatedwith each cabinet for locking it in the housing.

7. The combination defined in claim 6 plus cabinet supportingmeans"slidabl mounted in each' ofsa-id chambers, and'mean's-hinging eachcabinet to its supporting means for swinging movement about a verticalaxis located adjacent taposed. side side and: slidableredgewi'sexinto:the housing; each 1-, cabinet having 1 a: relatively;

widen-cabmet ipo'rtion beyond.mnetendwofzitsnar rower: portion, the;narrowi'and' vni'derrportions: having chamberssrthereincopien :at onelateral1ace;

when thee'cabinet ishwithdrawnfromithe housing,

and: a coin: receiving 'andclnaclcing::.iockassosciated' with: eachcabinet for locking; it in the housing.

10'; The combination: defined: in" cl-aim' 9. in which the I cabinetssaverarranged1in pairs; one

c'abinett-of each pair. having fit'sswideri portion:locatedzvdirectlyadj acent tQIitsonarrQWer portion andithe other cabinetv having cits? wider" portion directlyadjacentto. th 'enfirstnam'edwiderzportion';

=11: checking cabinet fon coatsyhatss and .ithe like: comprising; .a.housing having: a: chamber" thereiniopen at or-retrace;thecham'ber:being:rela:--

tively deep fI'DIlILISQIid'JTOfiGXI face and relatively.

highivertically; two'zch'ecking cabinets in juxtas' is-posed in' thecabie not through & saidxopenface; v:ea'ch: cabinet having-za-reia'tively highiiand; narrow cgarment receivingr: porti im--nrovidecl'..1wrth::a; hatxreceiving rportioniat i posed relation ands-lida-b'l on'ei ends: of: :a Widthv spanning; both narrowpartions;:ea'ch icabinetrhaving a front "wall arranged: to.-closers-aid:aopentiacez 'of thewhousingi when the" cabinet is disposedtherein and having lateral: openings-accessible thereinto forplacingeandire-=- moving .parcelsmvhen: the-cabinets areawithdrawn" from thehousing; and ascoin receiving andwheck:

ing-ilo'ck associatedi-with eachicabi'net for'llocking;

it in the housing.

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